Live like a Local
If you can work from home, you can work from Port Mac!
Which means you can extend your stay and soak up the good vibes for longer, you #digitalnomad… But beware, you may never want to leave (just like some of our recent sea-changers who you can hear from below).
Our Top 6 Work/Play Hybrid Stays
Here are our top six accommodation options with free wi-fi, good connectivity, work spaces and long-stay rates catering to both business and pleasure. All properties have pools and/or beaches within a short walk away, so if you’re juggling work and kids/partners etc, you’re sorted!
1. Sails
2. Rydges
3. Mercure Centro
4. Macquarie Waters Apartments
5. Mantra Observatory or Mantra Quayside
And a special shout-out to the divine Mansfield Estate, set up for group bookings and perfect for corporate offsites, meetings and retreats.
Our Top 6 work-friendly cafes & bars
We’re sure you’d rather not
be working whilst away, but if it means you can stay a little longer, we’ll allow it. And you may as well work in a comfy space with good connectivity, hospitality, coffee and (in most cases), booze! Check out these gems:
1. Bandwagon
2. Banks Cafe
5. Bloom
Get Social with our Locals!
Travelling for work sounds all glamorous and exciting, but, ermmm, sometimes, it can get a bit lonely? Also, meeting the locals is one of our fave parts of travel, so here are a few hot tips to you get you mingling:
- Sunrise Swimmers at Town Beach
- Sunrise Yoga at Town Beach
- ParkRun (Port Macquarie, Wauchope, Camden Haven)
- Workshops with Seed Creative
- Workshops with Arthouse Industries
- Group Lessons with Soul Surfing or Port Macquarie Surf School.
- Ice Bathing at Flynns Beach
- Self Seen Meet Ups
- Cocktail & Craft classes at the Glasshouse
- A class at Wauchope Creative Hub
- Volunteering
OK go on then, just move in!
Have we seduced you? If not, no offence taken *sob*. Seriously, we don't blame you if you're dreaming of a permanent move here. You'd be in good company :)
We've done the rounds and chatted to a diverse bunch of 'new locals' to get their take on why they moved and how it's going for them. Every story is different, the options are endless, and it's all up to you ...
